Translated from the Italian by Michel de la Roche. The dedication to Pope Clement XI (p. i-lxxviii)--which purports to be by Steele is by Bishop Hoadly. cf. Aitken, G.A. Life of Richard Steele, v. 2, p. 61; Dict. nat. biog.

written for the use of Pope Innocent XI., by Monsignor Cerri ... Now first translated from an authentick Italian ms. never publish'd. To which is added, a discourse concerning the state of religion in England. Written in French, in the time of K. Charles I. and now first translated. With a large dedication to the present pope ; giving him a very particular account of the state of religion amongst Protestants ; and of several other matters of importance relating to Great-Britain. By Sir Richard Steele.

An account of the state of the Roman-Catholick religion throughout the world/Urbano Cerri; Benjamin Hoadly; Michel de La Roche; Richard Steele, Sir; Innocent, Pope; Clement, Pope; London : Printed for J. Roberts, 1715.